Lamp

Item

Title
Lamp
Inventory Number
A0217
From Date
1
To Date
100
Description
Low convex reservoir with asymmetrically concave discus rising at rear to horizontal loop handle; very shallowly convex base and short broad, spathate nozzle. On discus incised wishbone around fill hole, shaft of which stretching onto nozzle with four short incised lines, two on either side, with incised line below. ?Unpainted with patches of brown , perhaps discoloration; blackened at edge of nozzle.
State of Preservation
Mended from 2 fragments joining at base of handle; top surface and edge of one corner of nozzle chipped off. Generally discolored with some earth incrustation.
Height
3.45 cm
Base Diameter
3.73 cm
Length
8.18 cm
Color
Clay body 7.5YR 8/2 (pinkish white); ? paint 7.5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow).
Type
lamp
Material
fired clay

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